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Gardner-Webb avenged a 3-0 loss to the Presbyterian College volleyball team earlier in the season with a 3-0 win over the Blue Hose Saturday evening at the Templeton Center in Clinton, S.C. The Runnin’ Bulldogs took the sets by scores of 25-17, 25-23, and 25-18.

Set by SetPC opened the first set with a 4-1 lead, but Gardner-Web chipped away at the lead, taking the eventual 8-7 margin off a PC ball handling error. A Sara Rogers’ kill tied it at 8-8 before both teams traded points with the last tie coming at 10-10. The Runnin’ Bulldogs responded with a 7-1 run to make it 17-11. The Blue Hose cut the margin to four at 18-14 but scored just three more as GWU took the first set off a 7-3 run, winning 25-17.

A close second set, PC and GWU were tied for the seventh time at 13-13. Back to back kills from Martina Shamley and Samantha Del Toro ignited a 4-0 run to give PC a 17-13 lead. Gardner-Webb rallied to tie the set at 19-19, capped by a Nicole Celarek kill. A back and forth battle ensued with ties coming at 21, and again at 23. Kaelyn Dyson closed out the set with two straight kills to give Gardner-Webb the tight 25-23 second set win.

Gardner-Webb opened up a 7-3 lead in the third set before PC rallied with four unanswered, helped by kills from Shamley, Del Toro and Sierra Davis, to tie it up at 7-7. Tied again at 8-8, GWU scored three straight to build an 11-8 lead. Trailing 13-9, PC posted three in a row to cut it to one, 13-12. Gardner-Webb responded with a 6-1 run to build a 19-13 lead. PC cut it to three at 21-18 off kills from Davis and Shamley, before GWU took the final four, including back to back kills from Celarek, to take the set and match win, 25-18.

Stats of the MatchStats were fairly even with GWU holding a 39-33 advantage in kills, a .177-.117 edge in hitting percentage and had two fewer errors, 17-19. The Runnin’ Bulldogs led in blocks, 8-4, and assists, 35-32. PC posted s 62-59 advantage in digs.

RecordPC drops to 4-21 overall and 2-8 in the league, while Gardner-Webb improves to 12-15, 2-10.

Up NextPC is next in action at Charleston Southern Nov. 1, at 7 p.m, before heading to Liberty, Friday Nov. 4, for a 7 p.m., match.

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